Connecticut Fatal Accidents

A Greenfield man died this weekend after his boat crashed on the Connecticut River near the French King Bridge in Turners Falls. Norman Plausky, 54, was found dead in his boat near the shoreline rocks ...[...]

A Greenfield man died in a boat crash on the Connecticut River in Montague Saturday afternoon, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office announced Monday. Norman Plausky, 54, died near the French ...[...]

WESTPORT - The southbound side of the Merritt Parkway is closed in Westport early Monday after a pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle, according to state officials. The state Department of ...[...]

Several people were hurt or killed over the weekend in Connecticut in motorcycle, dirt bike and moped crashes, authorities said.[...]

The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information has been asked to contact Trooper First Class Gregory DeCarli at 860-465-5400 or gregory.decarli@ct.gov.[...]

A 14-year-old has died after a dirt bike crash in Hebron over the weekend. He was a freshman at RHAM High School, according to the superintendent of Regional School District 8. State police said Erik ...[...]

State police said the teen lost control of the dirt bike prior to the crash. HEBRON, Conn. - A 14-year-old boy died after a dirt bike crash in Hebron Sunday afternoon, according to Connecticut State ...[...]

A 20-year-old Connecticut man was killed after he was thrown from his motorcycle in a late-night two-car crash in Beacon Falls. Ethan Viele, of Naugatuck, was driving west on his Yamaha YZFR31 on ...[...]

ENFIELD - A town employee was sent to the hospital with very serious burns after a lawnmower involved in a crash broke out in flames, according to Enfield officials. Enfield police Chief Alaric J. Fox ...[...]

A 19-year-old man died on Friday after his motorcycle collided with an SUV on Beacon Valley Road around noon, according to Connecticut State Police. Police said that a ...[...]

A man has died after a crash involving a motorcycle and a car in Beacon Falls Friday afternoon. The crash happened on Beacon Valley Road shortly before 12 p.m. Police said the motorcyclist was taken ...[...]

A town of Enfield employee has died after being involved in a crash between a town Department of Public Works lawnmower and a car, according to police. They said the crash happened around 12:15 p.m.[...]

Steven Gibbons died while riding his bicycle home to his Winsted apartment about the same time severe weather hit the area, police say.[...]

MANCHESTER - Police identified the 83-year-old Manchester woman who died after a crash on East Center Street on Tuesday. Hinda Handschu may have suffered a medical emergency before the crash, ...[...]

The Jude Lane overpass over Interstate 84 in Southington, now renamed in honor of Trooper Aaron Pelletier. SOUTHINGTON, CT - The Jude Lane overpass on ...[...]

WINCHESTER, Connecticut - A Winsted man died after hit and run crash Saturday afternoon. Police said Steven Gibbons, 67, of Winsted died from his injuries. Police said they were called at 2:42 p.m. to ...[...]

An 83-year-old died after a crash on Tuesday in Manchester, police said. The crash took place around 7:26 a.m. in the area of 186 East Center St. Police determined that ...[...]

WINCHESTER, Connecticut - A Winsted man died after hit and run crash Saturday afternoon. Police said Steven Gibbons, 67, of Winsted died from his injuries. Police said they were called at 2:42 p.m. to ...[...]

Winchester police say they are investigating the cause of a fatal accident involving a bicycle. Police responded to the area of 143 North Main Street around 2:24 p.m. for a bicyclist who may have been ...[...]

In May 2024, Pelletier was fatally struck by a pickup truck while doing a traffic stop on Interstate 84 in Southington, the town where he lived.[...]

A Connecticut man and woman were killed in two separate crashes involving tractor-trailers on I-95 on Friday morning.[...]

A highway bridge near the scene of a hit-and-run that killed a state trooper last year was named for the fallen law enforcement official on Friday afternoon. The Jude Lane overpass was dedicated to ...[...]

Two people were killed Friday in separate crashes on Interstate 95, including a four-car pileup that began after large amounts of plywood boards fell from a tractor-trailer, officials said. The first ...[...]

Oyola-Sanchez was sentenced to 18 years in prison on April 29 after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter, a sentence Pelletier's fellow troopers and his widow, Dominique Pelletier, decried as ...[...]

MIDDLETOWN - Police identified a man from Unionville as the person who died after he was struck by a motorist on Tuesday . The man was identified as 36-year-old Samuel Schrader, of Unionville, which ...[...]

According to police, 40-year-old William Kundert was driving erratically and had fentanyl and other drugs in his blood when his Ford F-600 hit a Honda Civic on Route 8 in February 2024, killing a ...[...]

NEW HAVEN - City police have identified the two people who were killed in a fiery crash on Ella Grasso Boulevard on early Sunday morning, officials said. The New Haven Police Department identified the ...[...]

It's unclear if the wire fell on him or if he stepped on it by mistake.  The Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled his death an accident. Lovello said last week the case remains under ...[...]

A Connecticut community is rallying around a family who lost their father in a fiery head-on collision as he drove home from work last week. Venancio Papalotzi-George, 46, was on Route 66 in ...[...]

The Connecticut State Police responded to 282 crashes over Labor Day weekend with one fatality and two involving serious injuries. A head-on collision on Route 66 in Middlefield late Friday night ...[...]

New Haven police Tuesday identified one of the two people killed after their vehicle struck a tree and caught fire early Sunday morning. The man was identified as ...[...]

The traffic devices have slowed down drivers and lessened serious injury crashes and fatalities, the police chief said.[...]

Connecticut State Police have identified a driver who died in a head-on crash on Route 66 in Middlefield on Friday night.[...]

First responders were called to the area of Berkshire Road just west of its intersection ... is a breaking news reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media Group. He was previously a reporter for the ...[...]